Mark graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Theology major, from Ambassador College, Pasadena, CA in 1978.  He married Barbara Lemke in October of 1978 and they have two grown children, Jaime and Matthew.  Mark was ordained in 1985 and hired into the full-time ministry in 1989.  Mark is the coordinator for United’s Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services and his wife, Barbara, is an interpreter for the Deaf.  

Marcus has lived in Florida, Texas, Georgia, and most recently, Ohio. He married Lindsay Jennings in 2008 and they now have 2 children. Marcus is an assistant pastor serving the Cincinnati congregations of the United Church of God.